This is hell...this is like Sophie's choice.

I want them to be healthy to travel. I now cannot figure out which one of my cats even has this problem. According to the emergency vet on the phone, the cat who peed small amounts more often would have the cystitis.

But that cat is now peeing clear, and the vet ALSO said that this doesn't go back and forth like that. I have isolated the cats but if the other one does pee pink both of them could potentially be diagnoseable candidates.

This emergency vet is being shady as fuck so I'm going to wait, even if I kick myself. Or at least wait until the next emergency vet takes over.

The doctor on the phone made it clear she wouldn't treat a cat whose diagnosis wasn't sure of, but if this turns out to be the case she can't be sure of either of their diagnoses. She essentially told me she would give the affected cat something for pain and something to help bladder spasms. Since she is a mobile vet I guess she can't do any tests for bacteria and won't give out an antibiotic without a test.

So either it comes down the cats (both female so no serious blockage danger) just gets better, because I don't think the "bladder spasm" med sounds like something that is needed from reading this site but correct me if I'm wrong: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PFmfQl_17x4J:www.cathealth.com/elimination-issues/bladder-issues-in-cats+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ua

It sounds like the chance of it being an antibiotic thing are pretty low. I could put them on some RX type food to help break down crystals. I LOVE my pets. Don't get me wrong. I want to make sure they are healthy to fly. But from that page and what the emergency vet said she'd give me anything it's more like symptom management and most times when it resolves itself even with antibiotics it just spontaneously got better.

If it were up to me I would give them BOTH every treatment for this TONIGHT, but the vet made it clear that she won't do that. If both of my cats aren't healthy enough to travel at the end of the month and can't pass a physical, they go to a shelter here. I had them since they were kittens for 8 years.

I have no idea what to do to treat them adequately within the time I have left. It might take days to get all these tests and everything and by then maybe they won't have recovered before the trip.